Weekend Round Up - Franco wins IRT Futures Singles, Fernandez & Portillo Future Doubles

The International Racquetball Tour (IRT) had Futures divisions at this past weekend’s 40th annual Lewis Drug Pro/Am in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Sebastian Franco won the Futures Singles division by defeating Alejandro Cardona, 9-15, 15-13, 11-9, while Mexican teens Sebastian Fernandez and Eduardo Portillo took the Future Doubles title with a win over Canadian James Landeryou and Tim Landeryou, 15-11, 10-15, 11-7.

2018 LPRT Sweet Caroline Open

This week’s big event is the 2018 Sweet Caroline Open, a Grand Slam on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT), in Greenville, South Carolina. There are 29 players entered in the event, including the top 8 LPRT players, and Samantha Salas will be making her season debut after having shoulder surgery following her victory in the last LPRT event of last season.

2018 IRT Lewis Drug Pro-Am, January 18-21 2018
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

IRT Futures Final

1) Sebastian Franco d. 14) Alejandro Cardona, 9-15, 15-13, 11-9

IRT Futures Semi-finals

1) Sebastian Franco d. 12) Tim Landeryou, 9-15, 15-9, 11-9
14) Alejandro Cardona d. 7) Gerardo Franco, forfeit

IRT Futures Quarterfinals

1) Sebastian Franco d. 9) Sebastian Fernandez, 14-15, 15-13, 11-3
12) Tim Landeryou d. 13) Dylan Reid, 6-15, 15-8, 11-4

14) Alejandro Cardona d. 11) Mauro Rojas, 15-1, 15-3
7) Gerardo Franco d. 18) Eduardo Portillo, 15-8, 15-8

IRT Futures Doubles Final

7) Sebastian Fernandez & Eduardo Portillo d. 5) James Landeryou & Tim Landeryou, 15-11, 10-15, 11-7

IRT Futures Doubles Semi-finals

5) James Landeryou & Tim Landeryou d. 1) Tommy Murray & Samuel Murray, 12-15, 15-9, 11-10
7) Sebastian Fernandez & Eduardo Portillo d. 3) Thomas Carter & Nicholas Riffel, 15-11, 15-6

Follow the bouncing ball….